Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 31:
PICK OF THE LITTER
Directors:
Don Hardy and Dana Nachman
Premiere:
Slamdance 2018
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Melbourne, New Zealand, Sydney, Cleveland, Seattle, San Francisco, Freep, Hawaii, Newport Beach
About:
A behind the scenes look at the training of guide dogs for the blind.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 45th annual Telluride Film Festival
Dates:
August 31-September 3
About:
Seventeen of the influential Colorado festival’s 39 feature slots go to documentaries this year.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
New to DVD/VOD this week:
CALLING ALL EARTHLINGS
Director:
Jonathan Berman
Premiere:
Illuminate 2018
Select Festivals:
Maui
About:
The mysterious story of a man who claimed to talk to aliens and those who try to preserve his legacy.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
GAMECHANGERS: DREAMS OF BLIZZCON
Director:
John Keating
Premiere:
DreamHack Austin 2018
About:
A look at the lives of two professional StarCraft II players as they prepare for an eSports grand championship.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Festival:
The 75th annual Venice Film Festival
Dates:
August 29-September 8
About:
The world’s oldest film festival reaches a landmark year, and, together with its autonomous sidebars, presents approximately 30 documentaries among more than 100 new features. Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, August 28:
NO DRESS CODE REQUIRED
Director:
Cristina Herrera Borquez
Premiere:
Havana 2016
Select Festivals:
Palm Springs, Human Rights Watch, Guanajuato, Kashish Mumbai LGBT, Ambulante, DocsMX, Outfest, Seattle, Warsaw
About:
A gay Mexican couple fights local government to get married.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, August 28:
RBG
Directors:
Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, Montclair
About:
A portrait of legendary, outspoken US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to PBS’s America ReFramed tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28:
BIDDER 70
Directors:
Beth Gage and George Gage
Premiere:
Mountainfilm 2012
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Denver, Human Rights Watch, Traverse City, United Nations, Mill Valley, Washington DC Environmental
About:
An exploration of one man’s act of civil disobedience.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, August 27:
NOWHERE TO HIDE
Director:
Zaradasht Ahmed
Premiere:
IDFA 2016
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Thessaloniki Doc, One World, Göteborg, Cleveland, Sarasota, Docs Against Gravity, Sydney, Seattle, DocAviv, Human Rights Watch NYC, London, and Toronto
About:
A personal tour through daily life in Iraq.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Starz
beginning this Sunday, August 26:
AMERICA TO ME
Director:
Steve James
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Full Frame, AFI Docs, Middlebury
About:
An intimate docuseries exploring the intersection of race and educational achievement over a year in a diverse suburban Chicago-area high school.
I profiled the series pre-Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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